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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thanee" data-source="post: 1202831" data-attributes="member: 478">In general I agree, that familiars should get Darkvision, altho I'm quite sure that this was not the case in 3.0 (so the intent might be the same and the rules just poorly worded <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />).The rules do say, that the familiar is an animal, which becomes a magical beast.They also say, that the familiar should be treated as a magical beast instead of an animal for the purpose of any effect that depends on its type.This last bit, somewhat implies, that familiars do not really become magical beasts (altho it's pretty much said before that), but only "count as" magical beasts for type-dependant effects and otherwise are still animals basically.And unfortunately it doesn't say anything about Darkvision, whether it is gained or the animal's senses are retained (while quite a few other items are listed in that context). I don't know if there is any rule at all, which governs this situation (type changing). All magical beasts got Darkvision, but that could only be meant for "natural" magical beasts, not animals turned into magical beasts.So... still unsure, how this is meant to be...ByeThanee</blockquote>